Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) The Decemberists [ tickets ], Gnarls Barkley [ tickets ], My Morning Jacket [ tickets ] and LCD Soundsystem [ tickets ] are among the artists lending songs to "Causes 2," the second album in Waxploitation Records' ongoing benefit seri... more info

NME — Gnarls Barkley, My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem and Devendra Banhart are among the artists contributing to the upcoming charity compilation 'Causes 2'. more info

My Old Kentucky — Tune in today for My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. The program starts at 12pm EST, last two hours, and is replayed again at Midnight EST!BLK JKS - LakesideLe Switch - Monkberry Moon Delight (Paul McC... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Metaphorically speaking, floods and fires are cleansing things. Southeast Engine grok this and channel these energies on From the Forest to the Sea (released February 17 on Misra) into their most thoroughly together, distinctly ro... more info

JamBase — FIRST FULL-LENGTH IN THREE YEARS OUT IN MAY Grizzly Bear will release Veckatimest on May 26 on Warp Records. The title, pronounced "VECK ah TIMM est," is taken from a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Massachusetts. Some of new songs w... more info

Pasta Primavera — Yesterday was a frustrating day.  Everything seemed poised for destruction.  What was I to do?  I did what any logical/rational human being would do.  I grabbed a sheet of loose leaf, wrote in big black block letters on it HELP ME. ... more info

Pitchfork — Dave Matthews! Why do you keep making it so hard to hate you? You signed My Morning Jacket, reissued Exile in Guyville, put out In Rainbows, and now this. My high school self just can't deal with this cognitive dissonance! Are you trying to make me a... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — PICK IT UP - ROCK FOR A CAUSE: Musicians are working together these days performing some pretty sensational songs for Dark Was The Night a new benefit albums for the Red Hot organization (an international charity dedicated to raising money and awaren... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Cloud Hymn: "Wide" [mp3] from A Seed Buried In The Ground (out March 3rd) other Cloud Hymn posts at Largehearted Boy The Daredevil Christopher Wright: "The East Coast" [mp3] from In Deference To... more info

PopSugar UK — Neko Case is the cover girl on this month's issue of Paste magazine, and she's written an article about her seventeen favourite things. If you aren't familiar with her or her fab music, then check it out here. She includes one of my own fave televisi... more info